One of the most ghastly attempts to injure or take the life of a for-feign woman in Shanghai servant, was perpetrated shortly after midnight on Wednesday when a former boy-cook employed by Miss Frieda Frommel, living at 923 Avenue Joffre, is alleged to have [stolen into her house and slashed her Jseven times with a knife. She has been taken to the Country Hospital where the wounds were sewn up. Reports on Wednesday night wore to the effect that she is getting along as well as could be expected and ix in no danger of being her life, Miss Frommel is a teacher of music and Innguages and for several years has had a studio in Shanghai. In the course of the attack the tendons on the two middle fingers of both her hands were completely severed and physicians at the hospital say that it will be months [before she will be able to straighten her fingers, if ever, and that she will never be able to play as she once did.
In addition to the cuts on her reached for the bell to call her servants, The man, when he saw this, evidently pulled out the knife and stabbed her while she was lying in bed, She was able, however, to get from ithe bed, but only after he had given her a nasty wound. In attempting guard herself she reached and held the knife, only to have pulled from her hand, thus causing the slashes across her fingers, Finally freeing herself, she was lable to get into the middle of the room where she turned over Jand by ranning round thi able to protect herself until the {footsteps of a servant were heard fon the stairs outside.
On hearing the fighting the servant ran from the house, but the sounds of his footsteps caused the intruder also to cease molesting [Miss Frommel. He also ran from the house. Panic-stricken, the woman fran down the stairs and from the house and succeeded in arousing Ineizhbours, who took her into their home and called the French police Jand a physician, fingers Miss Frommel received one cut at the base of the neck, two on the back, one across the wrist, one Jon the chest and one across the knee.
From the facts to hand on Wednesday, it is learned that, the servant was discharged some weeks ago and on leaving probably took wong the key to the house. In this manner he Mental Lnbalance ing the motive for the crime, it is possible that it was to obtain money. However, the purse was found lying on the bed, the assailant perhaps being too exch to escape to take it. possible that the motive might have been revenge for dismissal, but in such a case he would, had' he had said to have entered the house at about midnight while his former employer and her servants were in ved and stole to her room.
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